The Billboard Power 100 2016: No. 99 -- Q&A With Sarah Trahern, CEO of The Country Music Associaton

The Country Music Association, which Trahern has led since 2013, made an instant star of Chris Stapleton when his debut LP, Traveller, became the first ever to re-enter the Billboard 200 at No. 1, after more than 13.6 million TV viewers watched him perform with Justin Timberlake and win three CMA Awards on the November 2015 broadcast.

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